Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Darek

#3,640 most common boys' name of all time · #8,879 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1957–2025

Rank among boys
#3,640
Rank overall
#8,879 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,561
Since 2016
220
Peak year
1973 #1,135
Best rank
#1,135 1973
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
1960198020002020

Darek first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 27 27 #3,981
2024 — 30 30 #3,718
2023 — 48 48 #2,706
2022 — 36 36 #3,297
2021 — 18 18 #5,173
2020 — 11 11 #7,124
2019 — 8 8 #9,060
2018 — 14 14 #6,112
2017 — 17 17 #5,351
2016 — 11 11 #7,256
2015 — 27 27 #3,914
2014 — 10 10 #7,701
2013 — 13 13 #6,320
2012 — 22 22 #4,425
2011 — 12 12 #6,667
2010 — 20 20 #4,723
2009 — 17 17 #5,391
2008 — 16 16 #5,542
2007 — 21 21 #4,535
2006 — 20 20 #4,567
2005 — 26 26 #3,646
2004 — 13 13 #5,895
2003 — 19 19 #4,317
2002 — 18 18 #4,374
2001 — 18 18 #4,356
2000 — 28 28 #3,098
1999 — 20 20 #3,742
1998 — 35 35 #2,474
1997 — 25 25 #3,010
1996 — 34 34 #2,356
1995 — 30 30 #2,525
1994 — 30 30 #2,529
1993 — 32 32 #2,377
1992 — 27 27 #2,631
1991 — 43 43 #1,846
1990 — 35 35 #2,104
1989 — 29 29 #2,332
1988 — 41 41 #1,722
1987 — 35 35 #1,850
1986 — 31 31 #1,952
1985 — 37 37 #1,690
1984 — 24 24 #2,209
1983 — 32 32 #1,773
1982 — 29 29 #1,924
1981 — 28 28 #1,979
1980 — 39 39 #1,561
1979 — 21 21 #2,361
1978 — 32 32 #1,706
1977 — 35 35 #1,599
1976 — 17 17 #2,568
1975 — 20 20 #2,271
1974 — 31 31 #1,607
1973 — 53 53 #1,135
1972 — 18 18 #2,222
1971 — 37 37 #1,414
1970 — 28 28 #1,651
1969 — 18 18 #2,034
1968 — 15 15 #2,186
1967 — 21 21 #1,753
1966 — 10 10 #2,768
1965 — 12 12 #2,469
1964 — 7 7 #3,556
1963 — 10 10 #2,846
1962 — 6 6 #3,977
1960 — 8 8 #3,322
1957 — 6 6 #3,973